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Maiolos go 1-2 in King of Wings

Darren O'Dea, BUNBURY HERALDBunbury Herald
Brad Maiolo continued his strong early season form by winning the King of Wings at Perth Motorplex in Kwinana on Saturday night.
Camera IconBrad Maiolo continued his strong early season form by winning the King of Wings at Perth Motorplex in Kwinana on Saturday night. Credit: Richard Hathaway

Brad Maiolo has added his name to an illustrious list by winning the 34th annual King of Wings at Kwinana Motorplex on Saturday night.

His win was also part of another LJM Racing 1-2 finish after big brother Jamie was second, reversing the result from Quit Bunbury Speedway the week before.

Third-placed Ben Ellement notched his third podium finish from four rounds in the 2015-16 AHG Sprintcar Series.

The 40-lap feature race was highlighted with a midrace infield pitstop that was called on lap 18 after Jake Beard-Miller slammed into the pits bend fence hard when eyeing off a top five result.

Drivers and crews knew the pit window would be open sometime between laps 15 and 25 and once officials were able to get Beard-Miller out of the car and clear the debris, the pitstop was called.

Going into the break Jamie was leading from Brad with Ken Sartori just ahead of Kendrick and Ellement.

A handful of drivers didn't even make it to this point after a crash deemed to be caused by Andrew Priolo eliminated several cars.

Kendrick, who started from second place, was the early leader but was then passed by both the Maiolos.

In the final section, most of the cars were running mid-to-low track in the first turns and up high near the fence in pits bend.

Brad Maiolo was working the high line better than most and clawed the gap to Jamie before striking with about seven laps to go.

After the siblings argued the spot for a lap it was Brad who had the better car set-up and went on to take the win.

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